
Article 1 
The following Article 52a is inserted in Regulation (EC) No 793/2006:
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Article 52a 

1. The measures adopted to implement Regulations (EC) No 1452/2001, (EC) No 1453/2002 and (EC) No 1454/2001 which are valid beyond 31 December 2005 shall remain applicable until the date on which the Commission notifies the Member State concerned of its approval of the overall programme referred to in Article 24(1) of Regulation (EC) No 247/2006.
2. This Regulation shall cover applications which are lodged under the measures adopted to implement, in respect of 2006, Regulations (EC) No 1452/2001, (EC) No 1453/2001 and (EC) No 1454/2001 and are pending on the date of notification referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, or are lodged after that date.'
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 9 June 2006.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission